Definition of aridus
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Orthography ID = 1000097
1.
LEM
āridus, ārida, āridum
3 AR-
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. dry, arid, parched
  2. [as subst n.] a dry place, dry land
  3. [of feeling] making dry, burning
  4. withered, shrivelled
  5. meagre, scanty, poor
  6. [figuratively of style] dry, jejune, poor, unadorned
Abbreviations
āridus adj. with sup. 3 AR-, dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V.

— As subst n., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S.

— Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V.

— Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.

— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H.

— Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita.

— Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.

—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.
 
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